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Ramapo College of New Jersey seeks to provide a living environment welcoming to people of all gender identities, not limited by gender binarism. Gender Inclusive Housing (GIH) allows residents of the same gender or different genders to live together in a multiple-occupancy space, in mutual agreement, regardless of their sex assigned at birth.
The primary goal of GIH is to center the needs and comfort of queer and trans+ students, who often experience marginalization, harassment, isolation, or exclusion in standard housing arrangements. With GIH, Ramapo seeks to provide a safe, supportive, and affirming housing environment.
Participants in the Ramapo College Gender Inclusive Housing program must:
While GIH foregrounds the needs of queer and trans+ students, any current residential student committed to practicing gender inclusivity is welcome to participate in this process.
GIH options are available throughout campus and those approved for GIH follow the same online housing selection process as all other residential students, with the added step of completing the GIH Form.
Participants commit to living in GIH for one full academic year. If they meet housing eligibility standards, students may re-apply for GIH for the following year.
Students may request room changes by following published room change procedures. Students who do not fulfill their commitment to live in GIH for a full academic year may be ineligible to take part in future GIH accommodations.
If a vacancy occurs, the Office of Residence Life reserves the right to place a “wait listed” GIH applicant in the suite, leave the vacancy open and combine two or more under capacity suites, or convert the room to a single sex room. This decision is made at the Office of Residence Life’s discretion, however, reasonable accommodations are made whenever possible.
Please email the Women’s Center at women@ramapo.edu.
Please note that GIH is neither housing for couples nor the same as co-ed housing. The co-ed housing model is based on the assumption that there are two sexes and refers to residential situations that place students who are assigned male at birth with students who are assigned female at birth. A request for GIH will be denied if the basis for the request is co-ed housing.
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